Wishlist: Suppression: HMGs verses Artillery and Infantry

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Been a long time since I read anything but if memory serves what made the German MG outstanding was not so much its ROF but more its flexibility. Its used by squads as a LMG or can have good optical sights & tripod fitted.
Practical sustainable ROF was not that diffrent to allied MGs esp if take into account swapping barrels etc but it was the MG of WW2.
Also ammo figures quoted are they in squad role seem to remember at least MG42 used in HMG role carried a lot of ammo, possibly they could carry more as for a HMG it was comparitevly light.